Example sentences of "[was/were] no [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was no one except the boy — and him . |
| 2 | There was no one below the tree . |
| 3 | There was no one with the motor sledges ; they were broken . |
| 4 | When it arrived there was no one at the stop . |
| 5 | There was no one at the pumping station in the Old Town , so the two of them headed back through the dockside streets to find out what was happening . |
| 6 | ‘ There was no one at the farm , ’ she said . |
| 7 | All the steadings the King went by were empty , although hearth-fires still burned ; and there was no one at the little monastery of Dunning . |
| 8 | Because there was no one at the bottom end , but they 've , they 've got all those extra people in it , it was really frightening when I look back , but the , the reason there could have been , there were er nineteen thousand at the Sunderland match but it was an all ticket game so they restricted the crowds somewhat . |
| 9 | There was no one on the terrace and the door was open . |
| 10 | There was no one on the platform , or no one in front of the doors of this car . |
| 11 | But tonight there was no one among the trees . |
| 12 | They represented the spectrum of Christian conviction , East and West — though there was no one from the Eastern Orthodox Churches when it opened , and two Russian Orthodox clergy came shortly after the Council had got under way . |
| 13 | She insists there was no one in the car but my father and herself . ’ |
| 14 | There was no one in the office . |
| 15 | There was no one in the apartment to turn on the electric blanket . |
| 16 | ‘ I locked the lecture-room , came downstairs and checked that there was no one in the ground-floor rooms , then locked up the building . ’ |
| 17 | There was no one in the building . |
| 18 | There was no one in the stable or the yard , but when she came close to the back door she could hear voices from the kitchen . |
| 19 | There was no one in the room and no oil lamp , but a strange smell pervaded the air . |
| 20 | But there was no written record of his life or death , or of the reasons for his resistance ; and there was no one in the community who still remembered him . |
| 21 | And I think from memory , there was no one in the Colchester area so quite |
| 22 | There was no one in the room . |
| 23 | There was no one in the staff sitting room , but then , there had n't been for years . |
| 24 | There was no one in the office , the entire sales team having discovered important appointments that gave them excuses to sneak off home and start the weekend early . |
| 25 | There was no one in the kitchen . |
| 26 | There was no one in the village who would own such a pet and the Lady Prioress is quite strict with her community on that , so I knew it must belong to the young woman who had been murdered . ’ |
| 27 | There were numerous tourists admiring the incredible views but to Ruth there was no one in the world but Fernando . |
| 28 | There was no one in the glare of the sun in the village street , and the brown earth shone yellow and the dogs and chickens sought the shade . |
| 29 | With as much dignity as she could muster Sophie stood up , and as he came from behind his desk to open the door she saw thankfully that there was no one in the surgery . |
| 30 | There was no one in the room at this moment but themselves . |